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Rewterz Threat Alert – Turla APT Group Targeting European Union

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

The APT group Turla is known by many names including Krypton, MAKERSMARK, Snake, Uroburosk, Venomous Bear, Waterbug and WhiteBear, and is tracked by researchers. Turla is primarily known for its espionage activities. The group is back again with undocumented backdoor and document stealer dubbed Crutch targeting specific Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a country of the European Union. Turla has compromised many governments, especially diplomatic entities, all around the world, operating a large malware arsenal. The main motive of the malware were mainly doing reconnaissance, lateral movement and espionage.

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Impact

  • Information theft
  • Data Exposure 
  • Exposure of sensitive documents

Indicators of Compromise

MD5

  • 8e2ce1bc84ad3edd3c38037c982b509a

SHA-256

  • 0010ccb822538d1881c61be874af49382c44b6c9cb665081cf0f672cbed5b6a5

SHA1

  • A010D5449D29A1916827FDB443E3C84C405CB2A5
  • 2FABCF0FCE7F733F45E73B432F413E564B92D651
  • A4AFF23B9A58B598524A71F09AA67994083A9C83
  • 778AA3A58F5C76E537B5FE287912CC53469A6078

Remediation

  • Block all threat indicators at your respective controls.
  • Search for IOCs in your environment.